Accreditation and CLE Rules for New York

National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is a NYS Accredited CLE Provider. The NY CLE Board maintains an Accredited Provider directory on their website. You can find us listed on the most recent directory at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/aplist.pdf.

Experienced NY attorneys may earn all 24 CLE credit hours from National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, including 4 credit hours of Ethics and 1 credit hour of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias. Experienced NY attorneys may carry over up to 6 credits from one CLE cycle into the next.

Update 1/1/2018: A new category of credit called “Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias” became effective January 1, 2018. Experienced attorneys who are due to re-register on or after July 1, 2018, must complete at least 1 credit hour in the new category as part of their biennial CLE requirement. This does not add to the biennial CLE requirement of 24 credit hours nor change the requirement that experienced attorneys earn at least 4 credit hours in Ethics and Professionalism. Please note: Newly Admitted Attorneys are not required to earn Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credit.

New York attorneys must report that they are CLE compliant on their biennial registration form and must retain proof of compliance for a minimum of four years. Accordingly, National Academy of CLE issues a NY CLE Certificate of Attendance for all CLE activities.

Newly admitted attorneys are required to take "transitional” courses, 16 credits each year for the first two years following their admission to the Bar. The 16 credits must consist of 3 Ethics credits, 6 Skills credits, and 7 Law Practice Management (LPM) or Professional Practice (PP) credits. As of 1/1/2016 you may earn your 7 PP/LPM credits with On-Demand courses. The remaining 9 credits must be earned through traditional live classroom and other approved fully interactive methods.

Newly admitted attorneys who have earned more than 16 transitional CLE credit hours before the first anniversary of admission to the Bar may apply up to 8 of their additional credits earned during the first year of admission towards their second-year requirement. Once the second-year requirement is complete, up to 6 additional credits may be applied towards the next reporting cycle. Ethics and Professionalism credits may not be carried over. For more information, see Carryover Credit FAQs.

Description

*This course qualifies as a Transitional course and can be taken by both Experienced and Newly Admitted attorneys in NY.

Purchasing a piece of art would appear to be a simple transaction, but one look at the process and entities involved makes it clear it is more akin to a real estate purchase. Art must be appraised both with specific documentation and an expert’s eye. It is subject to a conditions inspection, provenance review, UCC-1 filing and expert examination. The sale itself has its own complications including contracts, lien searches and proper registration. This CLE course will explain all of these items and review the process for the legal purchase of artwork as well as issues of consignment, due diligence and claims of fraud.

Lecturer Bio

Malcolm S. Taub, Esq.

Malcolm S. Taub is the Co-Chair of our firm’s Divorce & Family Law group. He has over 37 years experience practicing law and handling high profile cases.

Mr. Taub holds a B.A. degree from Brooklyn College and a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School. He has acted as an adjunct professor at Long Island University, Manhattan Marymount College and New York University Real Estate Institute where he taught the course in "Syndication for Real Estate Professionals."

Mr. Taub has handled high profile divorce and family law matters, specializing in divorce, equitable distribution and child custody issues. Mr. Taub has lectured on the issue of pre-nuptial agreements, as well as other Family Law issues, for various CLE programs.

In addition, Mr. Taub maintains a very active practice in the area of Art Law. He is presently a contributing editor to the Lexis-Nexis Volume relating to Art Law. He has lectured extensively in the area of major art transactions and has also taught a similar CLE program. He has structured art transactions involving tens of millions of dollars. Mr. Taub was featured as a guest lecturer at the Chelsea Art Museum as part of the 2007 Winter-Spring Lectures for Collectors: "Legal Issues Relating to the Purchase and Sale of Art."

Mr. Taub is active in complex litigations in both State and Federal courts.

Mr. Taub appeared as a divorce expert in the December 2004 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, has been profiled in Divorce Magazine, and has appeared twice on the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as on a CNN affiliate. Mr. Taub is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Taub has been involved with the ownership, operation and syndication of real estate in New York City. He has been involved in every aspect of such transactions, including financings, leasing and the structuring of such syndications. He has acted as a consultant to the New York Stock Exchange in its Market Surveillance Department and has presented seminars and training sessions regarding methods of improving market surveillance techniques for the NYSE.

Mr. Taub is presently on the Board of Trustees of The Gateway Schools of New York and The Devereaux/Glenholme School in Washington, Connecticut. These are specialized schools which provide education to learning disabled children. He is presently on the Board of Directors of Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded corporation performing stem cell research in the field of Parkinson's Disease.

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